The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 2071
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
8:24 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1839
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 136.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 7.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.07° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.95° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 316.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.